Hogs See Slight Gains on Thursday
Lean hog futures closed out July with gains of a dime to 60 cents on Thursday. USDA’s national base hog price was back down $1.67 from the previous day, at $111.67 on Thursday afternoon. The CME Lean Hog Index was up a dime at $110.51 on July 29.
Export Sales for pork totaled 17,003 MT in the week ending on 7/24, which was a 6-week low. Shipments were tallied at 27,573 MT, back up from the week prior.
USDA’s Thursday PM FOB plant pork cutout value was $2 lower at $114.00 per cwt. The ham was the only primal reported higher with the belly leading the charge lower, down $10.83. USDA estimated hog slaughter at 479,000 head for Thursday, with the week to date total at 1.859 million head after a revised Wednesday total (8,000 head lower). That was 2,000 head below last week and down 45,418 head from the same week last year.
Aug 25 Hogs closed at $107.125, up $0.100,
Oct 25 Hogs closed at $89.575, up $0.375
Dec 25 Hogs closed at $81.725, up $0.525,
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